Donkey Coffee — Restaurant in Athens

Pros: Rich, delicious coffee. You gotta try the power chai, never thought tea and coffee would go together, but it all works! Cons: -Inflexible rewards program: Don't have your Donkey-Card at the time of purchase? Too bad, you won't get rewarded for the beverage you bought, even if you bring the card and a receipt a few minutes later. The whole purpose of a rewards program should be to attract customers and showing a little flexibility in allowing customers to retroactively apply their purchases to the rewards card will go a long way. -Can be expensive. Think $4-5 for a large cup of coffee - comparable to Starbucks. -Parking's tricky - try to park at a meter in downtown Athens before 8AM for free parking, otherwise, you have to pay 25 cents minimum for 20 minutes. -Silly name - donkeys are hard working, but can be stubborn and dumb, not quite the traits I...

I graduated from Ohio U just last month and for weeks now I have been trying to find a comparable coffee shop in my new residency location. I spent a large portion of my college career in Donkey Coffee. I have made countless memories there due to their inviting environment and cheerful staff. I love their coffee and baked goods, especially the blueberry muffins! I studied for almost every test I had there and did majority of my homework there- I even had a few interviews there for my healthcare major. I truly earned my degree in Donkey Coffee!! Also they are open 24 hours a day during finals week which I always took advantage of. No matter what type of background you have or what hobbies/interests excite you, Donkey is a place for everyone. I wear my Donkey sweatshirt (that I earned with their rewards points program)...

8/7/2022 update

...okay.... I STILL love Donkey Coffee. Whenever traveling through we stop and grab (at least) A Shot in the Dark AND (at least 1 bag of) ground French Sumatran coffee of my French Press at home.

As usual, we left with more than just coffee. One of their fantastic blueberry muffins found its way on my list of purchases.

YUM!

💚

Love this place!

My double espresso was fantastic! ...and I couldn't resist a chocolate chip cookie calling my name . ...or maybe I was just hearing voices...dunno.

The environment is perfectly "Athens".

Saturday night we stumbled in on an ad-hoc piano recital. Folks getting up and tickling the ivories. Too cool.

"Corporate Coffee"?! Who needs that mess in...